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Chapter 4 Civics Vocabulary
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7th Grade
09/05/2011

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What is the freedom to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair legal treatment
Definition
civil liberties
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What is censorship?
Definition
The banning of printed materials or films due to alarming or offensive ideas
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What is a petition?
Definition
A formal request for government action; or, a process by which candidates who are notaffilliated with one of the two mahor parties can get on the ballot for the general election in most states
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What is the spoken untruths that are harmful to someone's reputation?
Definition
Slander
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What is a search warrant?
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A court order allowing law enforvement officers to search a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence
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What is a formal charge by a grand jury?
Definition
indictment
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What is a group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient evidence to accuse someone of a crime?
Definition
Grand Jury
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What is a double jeopardy?
Definition
Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously acquitted
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What is following established legal procedures called?
Definition
due process
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What is the right of government to take private property for public use?
Definition
eminent domain
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What is a bail?
Definition
a sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused person returns of his or her trial
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What is suffurage?
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The right to vote
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What is poll tax?
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A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot
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What is unfair treatment called?
Definition
discrimination
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What is segregation?
Definition
the social separation of races
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What is civil rights?
Definition
full citizenship and equality under the law
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What is help for minority groups and women to gain access to jobs and opportunities calles?
Definition
affirmative action
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What is racial pofiling?
Definition
singling out 1 individual as a suspect due to appearance of enthicity
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What are printed untruths that are harmful to someones reputation?
Definition
libel
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